Health care policy and politics A to Z
By: Julie Rovner.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780872897762
Subjects: Medical policy -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Public health -- Political aspects -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Health Policy -- United States -- Encyclopedias -- English; Delivery of Health Care -- United States -- Encyclopedias -- English; Politics -- United States -- Encyclopedias -- English
Genres: Encyclopedias
Description: This essential guide for libraries, policy makers, and anyone concerned with health care in America has now been fully updated. Readers will find updated information on long term health care spending, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, health insurance and the uninsured, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and much, much more. New entries reflect important changes in recent years and include the Medicare Modernization Act, abstinence education, electronic health records, health savings accounts, Plan B, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and Project BioShield. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.